Any way to dodge this?

[Shizu]

Not sure if I can simply put this in the cooler bin or there was some way to play it differently.

Villain is 51/13 over 30 hands and makes little sense overall.



OnGame - €0.05 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 3:

MP: €3.44
CO: €5.82
Hero (BTN): €4.54
SB: €7.33
BB: €5.00
UTG: €4.90

SB posts SB €0.02, BB posts BB €0.05

Pre Flop: (€0.07) Hero has 2h 2c

UTG calls €0.05, MP calls €0.05, fold, Hero calls €0.05, fold, BB checks

Flop: (€0.22, 4 players) Ah 2s 9h
BB checks, UTG checks, MP bets €0.10, Hero raises to €0.35, fold, UTG calls €0.35, MP calls €0.25

Turn: (€1.27, 3 players) 5s
UTG checks, MP checks, Hero bets €1.27, fold, MP calls €1.27

River: (€3.81, 2 players) As
MP bets €1.77 and is all-in, Hero calls €1.77

MP shows Ac 9s (Full House, Aces full of Nines)
MP wins €6.95

[OngBonga]

Cooler, calling button is fine pf, stacking this river against this guy is fine, he's drooling this river with all Ax combos, not just boats. Pot is like $5.50+, call is $1.77, we're making profit when we have 33% equity. We have much more.

[daven]

nice hand, pretty well played, coolers happen.

[BorisTheSpider]

I agree. Hand is played fine. Also, let's face it, without a _really_ solid read, would you be laying down 2 pair on this board either? Perhaps you might smell a rat in a limped pot, but I don't think you can honestly say you wouldn't continue in the hand often.

It's a suckout, they happen, and if the guy didn't flop 2 pair you probably wouldn't get his stack in with your set often anyway, so in that sense this is just the kind of spot you want to find yourself in more often.

[Shizu]

Yeah, figured it was pretty standard.

I'm having a bit of troubles in my post-session reviews.
My big losses are usually coolers like this or the usual stuff like KK v AA.
Sometimes it's me spazzing out and not giving credit when some 60/10 villain starts showing increased aggression, but I'm making progress on that kind of hands.

Time to start looking more into 'smaller' hands.

[Hoopy]

I'm having a bit of troubles in my post-session reviews.
My big losses are usually coolers like this or the usual stuff like KK v AA.
Sometimes it's me spazzing out and not giving credit when some 60/10 villain starts showing increased aggression, but I'm making progress on that kind of hands.

Time to start looking more into 'smaller' hands.

Exactly the right idea, stuff like running KK into AA preflop doesn't matter. Against droolers (e.g. 60/10) its important to figure out what they consider to be a "good" hand, they don't think about the board texture or what you can have. If you beat their perceived "good" hands then play for stacks.

Keep working on the smaller hands and you'll improve.

[daven]

filter on hands you saw flop with. Review these.